Listen: Symphonic Solo Song From Sigur Rós Frontman Jónsi

Solo album, titled Go, coming soon

Photo by Lilja Birgisdottir

Back in May, we reported that the voice of Sigur Rós, Jónsi Birgisson, was working on a solo album with composer Nico Muhly (Grizzly Bear, Antony and the Johnsons). Producer Peter Katis (Interpol, Frightened Rabbit) let the news slip on the Calcutta blog, saying, "It's going to be a largely acoustic guitar record but also with a lot of 'out there' string arrangements...strings, woodwinds, brass, and double bass, actually."

Well, the first song from the record, "Boy Lilikoi", is now available to download at Jónsi's brand new website, for the price of an email address. It's got all of those instruments and then some-- it's the most orchestrated thing the singer's been involved with, which is actually saying something. It is also in English. (A lilikoi is a passion fruit that looks quite delicious, btw.)

You can listen to a few more snippets of new material from the forthcoming album, which is called Go, on Jonsi's website.